Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe: A Social History of the Hwesa People, 1870s -1990s

David Maxwell

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Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe

A Social History of the Hwesa People, 1870s -1990s

David Maxwell

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1999

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This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. The book focuses on the religion and politics of the area, describing how the Hwesa people adapted the Christianity that the missionaries brought to found their own popular Christianity, pitted against local notions of evil. It also examines the role of the chief, challenging the idea that the they were no more than colonial stooges.

Key Features

Original and perceptive writing from a prominent Africanist historian
Fresh body of new data, challenging conventional wisdom

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Religion, Bible and Theology Religious Studies History of Religion

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PLACE NAMES Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 THE WARS OF THE FIELD MICE: HWESA POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
2 THE CINDERELLA PEOPLE: HWESA POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INTERACTIONS WITH THE COLONIAL STATE, 1904-50 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
3 THE SPIRIT AND THE SCAPULAR: PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC INTERACTIONS 1950-75 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
4 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN KATERERE: LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS OF MISSION CHRISTIANITY IN THE 1950s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
5 LOCAL POLITICS AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
6 THE ROASTING OF CHIEF GAMBIZA: THE RETURN OF CHIEFS IN ALLIANCE WITH THEIR ANCESTORS SINCE INDEPENDENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
7 WITCHES, PROPHETS AND AVENGING SPIRITS: THE SECOND CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN KATERERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	217
APPENDIX 1: METHODOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
APPENDIX 2: HWESA MYTHS OF ORIGIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
APPENDIX 3: RITUALS OF THE HWESA CHIEFTAINSHIP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
APPENDIX 4: HWESA LEGENDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	234
APPENDIX 5: GENEALOGIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285

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February 15, 2022

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9781474470803

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288

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470803

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African Studies

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